Chapter 3 THE NAME ON THE FORM

"Please," Nicole Collette says just as the door is shut behind Chris Hanks. "We don't need your rude money and your rude character investing in our organization. That would be more of an infestation than an investment."

Unsure of whether she could cushion a discussion of other people's problems anymore for the day after the meeting with the ungenteel character of Chris Hanks, she decides to go home for the day earlier than usual to the consternation of her receptionist and the other staff and patients at the facility.

Throughout the night, Nicole ponders so greatly on what exactly might be eating Chris up so much to warrant his attitude, automatically causing her to switch her personality from the regular I-dont-get-paid-enough-for-this-level-of-crap psychologist approach to the pragmatic lay-it-on-me-lets-refine-it-together approach praying to the Heavens for another opportunity to see him again so she could use her expertise to get to the root cause of his contemptuous behavior.

The new day arrives with the sun looking a little brighter than usual or at least to Nicole Collette who recalls the request she had asked of the Heavens the previous night and trusted would be approved and delivered. "Time to win this challenge," she says to herself about the Chris Hanks issue as she rises up from her bed to go prepare for work.

When she is ready after a bath, a brushing of teeth and a putting on of clothes and shoes, she hurries down the stairs and to her kitchen for a cup of coffee but disappointment meets her at the entrance of the kitchen when she realizes she had not turned on the coffee-maker machine before she went for a shower.

"You have got to be kidding me," she says to herself then takes a peep at her watch to decide whether to make the coffee now or just get one from one of the coffee shops on her route to work. "I'm already almost late. I would just get one on the way."

Taking a look at her Cartier Pasha gold watch once more, she hurries out to her car after locking the front door of the house. Jumping into the front seat, she does not allow the engine time to prepare for a move before she reverses out of gate and speeds off to work, pressing the remote to shut the gate before speeding off to work.

Welcomed by the receptionist, Ava Greenwich as soon as she steps into the facility, Nicole Collette acknowledges the greetings but without even giving the receptionist the time to enjoy the acknowledgement of the greeting the former had given, Nicole Collette gets right into issuing instructions,

"Get me Mr. Chris Hanks on the phone, immediately," Nicole Collette says softly but authoritatively. "Let him know he has an appointment for 12pm today."

"Yes, ma'am," comes Ava Greenwich's reply followed by a swift snatching up of the landline installed on her desk and pulling up the registration folder on the desktop to make the call to Mr. Chris Hanks to give him the message as instructed.

Ava Greenwich spends a minute listening to Chris Hanks' callertune, a song from one of his favorite artistes, Emile Sande precisely, which he had bought for 40 cents from his service provider.

The call is answered by Chris Hanks on the second ring from his end. "Hello. Good morning."

"Good morning sir....," Ava replies but is cut off by Chris as he cuts into her speech.

"So how may I help you?" Chris Hanks queries untimedly.

"I was getting to that, sir," tempted to say more than that but for that official context she is now functioning in. "I'm calling you from Firebloom Health Center, Arkansas. "I am calling to remind you of your appointment later today scheduled for 12pm."

"Oh, that's in about less than an hour," he says a little surprised at why he is just getting notified an hour to the appointment. "Anyway, that's alright. I will be there by 12pm. Thank you for the reminder."

"We'll certainly be looking forward to giving you the best care possible. Thank you very much for choosing Firebloom Health Center. Do have a lovely day."

"And you too, bye," he replies. Ending the call, he places his phone on the center console of his vehicle and zooms for the Firebloom Health Center for his appointment, stepping on the accelerator to make the car run as fast as possible while still in his control.

Ava Greenwich, picking up the intercom, dials Nicole's intercom to inform her that her instructions have been carried out as requested,

"Hello, ma'am," Ava Greenwich says as soon as Nicole answers the phone. "I just got off the line with Mr. Chris. He says he's on his way here."

"That's great," Nicole Collette says with a subtle excitement at the possibility of making things right with Chris Hanks after she had blown the first chance for a fruitful partnership with a heavyweight businessman like himself. "Do send him over, immediately he arrives please."

"Alright, ma'am," Ava Greenwich says respectfully before ending the call to continue working on a task to be completed on the desktop before her but just as she is about to, a visitor enters the building and with a bright smile, she says, "Welcome to Firebloom Health Center, how may we help you today?"

"Oh I am here to see Dr. Brandon Fuller?" Isabel Harper replies. "Is he in?"

"Please give me a minute," Ava Greenwich says as she reaches for the intercom to inform Dr. Brandon Fuller of his visitor. "Good morning, sir."

"Good morning, Ava."

"Isabel Harper is here to see you sir," Ava Greenwich says immediately. "Shall I send her up or have her wait a while?"

"Why?" Dr. Brandon Fuller begins. "Send her up immediately please."

"Alright, sir," ending the call and putting the phone down, Ava Greenwich turns to Isabel Harper to inform her she can go on up. "Ma'am, please you can go on in."